Get a Dou Certificate of Authenticity for your painting (COA) for your Dou drawing.

For all your Dou artworks you need a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) in order to sell, to insure or to donate for a tax deduction.

Getting a Dou Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is easy. Just send us photos and dimensions and tell us what you know about the origin or history of your Dou painting or drawing.

If you want to sell your Dou painting or drawing use our selling services. We offer Dou selling help, selling advice, private treaty sales and full brokerage.

We have been authenticating Dou and issuing certificates of authenticity since 2002. We are recognized Dou experts and Dou certified appraisers. We issue COAs and appraisals for all Dou artworks.

Our Dou paintings and drawings authentications are accepted and respected worldwide.

Each COA is backed by in-depth research and analysis authentication reports.

The Dou certificates of authenticity we issue are based on solid, reliable and fully referenced art investigations, authentication research, analytical work and forensic studies.

We are available to examine your Dou painting or drawing anywhere in the world.

You will generally receive your certificates of authenticity and authentication report within two weeks. Some complicated cases with difficult to research Dou paintings or drawings take longer.

Our clients include Dou collectors, investors, tax authorities, insurance adjusters, appraisers, valuers, auctioneers, Federal agencies and many law firms.

We perform Gerrit (Or Gerard) Dou art authentication. appraisal, certificates of authenticity (COA), analysis, research, scientific tests, full art authentications. We will help you sell your Gerrit (Or Gerard) Dou or we will sell it for you.

A recently rediscovered and highly important 17th century painting by Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613-1675) will be offered during the second New York Old Master Paintings sale of 2005, to be held at Christie’s Rockefeller. A sleeping dog beside a terracotta jug, a basket, and a pile of kindling wood is a masterpiece of 1650 by the acclaimed Dutch painter who was the first and most famous member of the Leiden ‘fine’ painters (Leidse Fijnschilders) – and Rembrandt’s most accomplished pupil.

Estimated at $2,000,000-3,000,000, the work has been unpublished since 1908, has never appeared at a public exhibition, and is one of the finest Dou’s to come on the market in living memory.

Gerrit Dou specialized in small-format paintings, the details and surfaces of which he carefully observed and meticulously rendered. Entering Rembrandt’s studio at the age of 13, Dou’s ability was quickly recognized. His paintings were sought after by the greatest collectors of the day, including Charles II of England and by the age of 28 Dou’s style was hailed by historians and art theorists.

The subject matter and format of this Dou is unique within his oeuvre (only one other horizontal still life by the artist is known) and the painting has overtones of a Vanitas still life. Emphasizing the transitory nature of earthly life, the work keeps with the strong tradition for such themes in Leiden. However, its exact meaning remains unclear, and the visual richness of Dou’s imagery and the multi-layered interpretation played a large part in the appeal of his paintings to contemporary audiences.

Are you still wondering about a 17th century painting in your family collection? Contact us. We are the Dou experts.